Come on, let us be honest. I like other Geordies fancied Newcastle to rise from their Villa bed of nails and said so repeatedly in the match build-up but never expected this. Not in a month of glorious Sundays!
This was supposed to be a shoot-out for Champions League millions between the fourth and fifth best teams in the Premier League. This was supposed to be record goal plunderer Harry Kane coming to the home of the greatest goalscorer in PL history Alan Shearer where a statue now rightly stands within SJP boundaries to lay down his intentions.
Kane is chasing Shearer's PL stand-out total of 260 goals and arrived boasting the threat of an impressive raiding record showing eight goals from eight league appearances at the cathedral on the hill.
